Mass graft raids rattle Argentine football
Argentine police raided national football headquarters and several top clubs Tuesday, in a sweeping money-laundering probe just months before the world champions defend their title.
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Indigenous artifacts returned by Vatican unveiled in Canada
Indigenous artifacts taken from Canada by Catholic missionaries to Rome a century ago were unveiled at a Canadian museum on Tuesday, repatriations that have sparked calls for the Vatican to return other treasured items.
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Ivory Coast recall Zaha for AFCON title defence
Defending champions Ivory Coast have recalled 33-year-old former Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.
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Communist vs Catholic - Chile prepares to choose a new president
Chile votes in a presidential runoff Sunday between two sharply different candidates: Jeannette Jara, a communist backed by a broad left coalition, and Jose Antonio Kast, a devout far-right politico promising a hard line on security and migration.
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Trump's FIFA peace prize breached neutrality, claims rights group
Human rights group FairSquare has filed a complaint to FIFA's ethics committee claiming the world football body's president Gianni Infantino breached his duty of neutrality by supporting US President Donald Trump.
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NHL 'optimistic' about Olympic rink but could pull out
North America's National Hockey League (NHL) said it was "cautiously optimistic" about the Milan Olympic rink but warned it still could yank its players from the Games.
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Thousands reported to have fled DR Congo fighting as M23 closes on key city
Fierce fighting rocked the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday as the Rwanda-backed M23 militia rapidly advanced towards the strategic city of Uvira, with tens of thousands of people fleeing over the nearby border into Burundi, sources said.
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Three face German court on Russia spying charges
Three men went on trial in Germany on Tuesday, accused of tailing a former soldier for Ukraine on behalf of a Russian intelligence service for a possible assassination plot.
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Amy Winehouse's father sues star's friends for auctioning her clothes
The father of late British singer Amy Winehouse Tuesday defended his UK lawsuit against two of her friends after they sold some of her clothes at auction for around £730,000 ($970,000).
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Woltemade's 'British humour' helped him fit in at Newcastle - Howe
Newcastle manager Eddie Howe said Nick Woltemade's British sense of humour helped him adapt to life in England, ahead of Wednesday's Champions League clash in the striker's native Germany against Bayer Leverkusen.
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